A Life Etched in Satire: The World of Thomas Rowlandson Born amidst the bustling streets of Old Jewry, London, on July 13th, 1756 (baptized July 23rd, 1757), Thomas Rowlandson emerged as a defining voice – and pen – of Georgian England. His life, initially shadowed by his father’s financial struggles that necessitated a move to Richmond, North Yorkshire in 1759, would ultimately blossom into an artistic career marked by unparalleled w…